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Why Poor Students Struggle

author: Vicki Madden, an instructional coach for the New York City Department of Education, has taught English and history in New York City schools since 1985. I WAS rushing to change trains at Delancey Street in downtown Manhattan earlier this year when a tall young...

“People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.” — Assata...